\n, and I forcefully took back control of my mind.
I turned away from the ogre lord.
When I noticed it, sweat drenched my whole body.
It’s going to kill me. It’s going to swing its axe and kill me.
–––No! I don’t want to die!
I threw my body to the ground and crawled. I ran desperately from the embodiment of death. The axe swung again. Cold sweat drenched my back. I felt cold like a block of ice. My muscles tensed; my breath grew ragged.
For the first time since I became a goblin, I felt fear.
The ogre laughed as it lifted its axe.
I can hear the ogre lord laughing. My heart cowered like never before.
–––I’m scared! I’m scared! I’m scared!
The fear I had as a man was hiding somewhere deep within my heart, and now, it is free.
My legs, my arms, my heart! Shackles began to wrap around me one after another.
I desperately dodged the ogre who was now playing around with me.
I crawled on the ground and ran like a bug.
I don’t care anymore. I don’t care about my comrades. I don’t care about the young goblins. I just don’t want to die!!
“What a killjoy.” The goddess of the underworld muttered as she watched through the magic mirror. It was as if all of her zeal until now was but a lie, as her voice resounded a chilling frost.
A one-eyed red-eyed snake appeared before her. It was her servant that should’ve been coiled around the right arm of the goblin king.
The snake meekly bowed as he looked into the magic mirror. It was an unsightly scene. The goblin cried despair as he tumbled on the ground. It was hard to believe this goblin the same as that proud soul he once called his younger brother.
“I feel stupid for having expected something.” The goddess complained.
Then the red snake wondered. Wasn’t this exactly the true form of goblins and humans? To cower before fear, and to run from death–––
“You can stop helping him now.”
“I don’t mind. I’m fed up with all this.”
A sure way to worsen his master’s mood was to bring her hopes up.
The only thing that was keeping the goblin together was Pitch Black’sVerid ether. If not for him, he would have long died from all that abuse.
He had affections for his younger brother, but the master’s orders were absolute.
“I’m going to send him to an even more painful place once he comes. His soul will be crushed until nothing is left.”
Killing intent reflected off those golden eyes of hers. The goddess of the underworld was furious.
Why is it so hard to breathe?
Why am I fighting with a monster like this?
Suddenly, for some reason, all that ether that filled my body vanished.
I watched as the ogre lord’s axe descended on me–––
I don’t even remember who last called out to me.